Domestic-league season · Fortaleza EC.
Missed 21 of Fortaleza EC's ~38 games this season through 21 injury absences (shoulder, fractured hand, inactive). He still appeared 14 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serie A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1269 | 7.29 |
 Cearense - 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | — |
 CONMEBOL Libertadores | 6 | 0 | 0 | 530 | 7.52 |
 Copa do Nordeste | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 | — |
 Copa Do Brasil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 7.2 |
Ricardo's current-season form is down 45% on last season (Season 40→22), while his Rating eased 29→17. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 40).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Fortaleza EC · 18th | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.29 | 17 | 22 |
| 2024/25 | Fortaleza EC · 4th | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7.46 | 29 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | Fortaleza EC · 10th | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.92 | 24 | 22 |
| 2022/23 | Ceara · 17th | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 29 | 14 |
| 2021/22 | Ceara · 11th | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.28 | 24 | 19 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
João Ricardo is a 37-year-old goalkeeper at Fortaleza EC, rated 16.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 397th of 427 in the Serie A. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (74.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ricardo.
Judged on this season alone, Ricardo graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 16th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the Serie A, on 4 clean sheets across 14 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 40 → 22). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 17, 28th of 30 of the 30 goalkeepers in the Serie A. At 37 Ricardo is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 5.6 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Ricardo missed 21 games through injury (shoulder, fractured hand, inactive) out of roughly 38 this season. The 14 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
4 clean sheets in 14 appearances (29% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.
With a Rating of 16.9, Ricardo carries the 28th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Serie A of 30 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~22), then tapers with age. At 37, Ricardo sits on 5.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Ricardo's projected Rating — 16.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
